140 lines
5.3 KiB
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140 lines
5.3 KiB
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# Chapter 30
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1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord,
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“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
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And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
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That they may add sin to sin;
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2 Who walk to go down to Egypt,
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And have not asked My advice,
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To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
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And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
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3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
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Shall be your shame,
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And trust in the shadow of Egypt
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Shall be your humiliation.
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4 For his princes were at Zoan,
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And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
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5 They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
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Or be help or benefit,
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But a shame and also a reproach.”
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6 The burden against the beasts of the South.
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Through a land of trouble and anguish,
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From which came the lioness and lion,
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The viper and fiery flying serpent,
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They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
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And their treasures on the humps of camels,
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To a people who shall not profit;
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7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
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Therefore I have called her
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Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
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8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet,
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And note it on a scroll,
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That it may be for time to come,
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Forever and ever:
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9 That this is a rebellious people,
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Lying children,
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Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
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10 Who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
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And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things;
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Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
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11 Get out of the way,
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Turn aside from the path,
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Cause the Holy One of Israel
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To cease from before us.”
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12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
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“Because you despise this word,
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And trust in oppression and perversity,
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And rely on them,
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13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you
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Like a breach ready to fall,
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A bulge in a high wall,
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Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
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14 And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel,
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Which is broken in pieces;
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He shall not spare.
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So there shall not be found among its fragments
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A shard to take fire from the hearth,
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Or to take water from the cistern.”
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15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
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“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
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In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
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But you would not,
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16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
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Therefore you shall flee!
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And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
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Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
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17 One thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
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At the threat of five you shall flee,
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Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
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And as a banner on a hill.
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18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
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And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
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For the Lord is a God of justice;
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Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
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19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
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You shall weep no more.
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He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
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When He hears it, He will answer you.
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20 And though the Lord gives you
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The bread of adversity and the water of affliction,
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Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
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But your eyes shall see your teachers.
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21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
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“This is the way, walk in it,”
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Whenever you turn to the right hand
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Or whenever you turn to the left.
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22 You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
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And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
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You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
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You will say to them, “Get away!”
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23 Then He will give the rain for your seed
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With which you sow the ground,
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And bread of the increase of the earth;
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It will be fat and plentiful.
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In that day your cattle will feed
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In large pastures.
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24 Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
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Will eat cured fodder,
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Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
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25 There will be on every high mountain
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And on every high hill
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Rivers and streams of waters,
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In the day of the great slaughter,
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When the towers fall.
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26 Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
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And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
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As the light of seven days,
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In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
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And heals the stroke of their wound.
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27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
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Burning with His anger,
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And His burden is heavy;
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His lips are full of indignation,
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And His tongue like a devouring fire.
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28 His breath is like an overflowing stream,
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Which reaches up to the neck,
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To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
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And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people,
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Causing them to err.
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29 You shall have a song
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As in the night when a holy festival is kept,
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And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute,
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To come into the mountain of the Lord,
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To the Mighty One of Israel.
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30 The Lord will cause His glorious voice to be heard,
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And show the descent of His arm,
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With the indignation of His anger
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And the flame of a devouring fire,
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With scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
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31 For through the voice of the Lord
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Assyria will be beaten down,
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As He strikes with the rod.
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32 And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
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Which the Lord lays on him,
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It will be with tambourines and harps;
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And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
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33 For Tophet was established of old,
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Yes, for the king it is prepared.
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He has made it deep and large;
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Its pyre is fire with much wood;
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The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
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Kindles it. |